The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1887-11-17
TERRITORIAL NEWS.
Items of Interest From Both Sides
of the Divide.
Notes Clipped and Condensed From
Exchanges Published Within
the Territory.

'1ssn'1la is to have 2 ct-n~. -~;'-----
The 3-7-77 is warning evil doers at An
aconda.
Billings will soon organize a militia
company.
Vice Regent is to run in Kansas City
this week.
The Dillon Opera House is Nearing
completion.
There are 1,1GO names on the Ana
conda pay roll.
John Scudder, Montana pioneer died
recently in Idaho.
The Montana Central track is within
20 miles Of Helena.
There are 139 prisoners in the Deer
Lodge penitentiary.
Deer Lodge county's assessment roll
this year is S6,267.GO3.
n. J. Bielenberg is figuring on starting
q bank at Deer Lodge.
Sixty-seven acres Of land near Helena
sold last week for sc, 200.
A large number of horses have died in
the vicinity OF Sales7ille OF the unknown
disease.
Twenty one new postoffices have been
established in Montana this year and six
teen old cnes have been discontinued.
w :. Haven, late chief engineer OF the
n ?. branch road building in Montana,
has returned TO Helena to reside perman-
emily.
-. y.,o, 1v1l1 uus Uulutn, M1nn',
club for next year, and be Will probably
accept.
The Bozeman Chronicle afirms that
George ". Anderson is about to sever his
connection with the Courier, and Will
probably start daily republican paper.
The grand jury OF Custer county have
. found indictments in the district court
AGAINST I,ottie Shredder and Charles COL
). ter for conspiracy to defraud insurance
!. companies by burning their house there
G last July.
Jerry Collins, the principal owner o.
both the Great Falls Tribune and TIT
Fort Benton River Press, is deslrous
~ disposins of his interest in the latte
= ;orrna]. and is inclined to offer the SAM
at a bargain.
Can't. Harris, in charge of Eellcwston
,f Park. writos the secretary Of the 1nterlo
" announcing the capture OF the par'le
- who robbed stage on the Gibson line L
,o the park on July 4th in the persons c
i, Vim. James and one Higgingbottom, a
N ex-stage-driver.
W INDEPENDENT: 4 little child o. Mr.. an
y Mrs. F. r. Wallace got hold OF bottle {
IN homeopathic arsenic pellets from tt
m medicine chest, and swallowed so man
nc Of them that but for an early discovery
il it's action and the prompt admlnlsterlf
IN Of remedies. tho little one woaid probab
,ss have died from the effects OF the oTe
in dose.
K, iner: Henry Bratnober, super
NV tendent OF the Drum L1lmmon mlne' lie
-. ~, . for the east yesterday, and about Decei
y Der 1. he will be joined il New York
A. Wartenweiler, manager OF the LIE
ing:on. he two gentlemen Will tn
sail for South America and spend seYe]
months examining the principal mines
,.e Chill. Peru, Bolivia, Brazil and otl
parts.
T,o,1is Hermanson, who was sentcnt
on Saturday night to two years ln
''', I, penitentiary for burglary, attempted s
eide in the Butte jail on Monday.
GA WAS found on the floor covered with bio
v 'no from head to foot. Near him lay poe
knife, one blade open, dyed with bic
An examination showed that he
o,ened an artery in the right wrist.
o may recover.
the At the south end of the Montana
we're tral tunnel, near Nickes, last Mon'
ad. a Finnish laborer sprang out OF his o'
she'd seized a 33-calibre revolver. and Will
! Ge- a word shot John Ed, fellow-workn
been in the head. The bullet entered the
~ Of Of the brain and Eid dlopped lnsta'
aung The Tinlander.whose name is not knF
,er7e tLen turned and shot another lao'
hon John Linburg. standing near by.
press burg dropped, and the murderer
hum ended the tragedy bv shoi ting ni''
rama ;i.ro:.-h the heart. 10 cause !or
rs by deed is known, and it is tAo':e;;h5 10
freak of insanity.